Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... with Inauguration Day. Former President Ronald Reagan first made the day a federal holiday in ...

Flags, which were previously lowered to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, will return to half-staff from sunrise on ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the ...

On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is about unity, the celebration of King’s accomplishments and continuing to dream of peace, said ...

Dr. Martin Luther ... the wake of Dr. King's death in 1968, several notable figures found ways to honor him and aid in the push for MLK Day. By the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter pledged ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a mega-force for the Civil Rights movement — a prolific speaker whose talent for oration and passion for equal rights for all resonates to this day At home ...

ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be on Jan. 20 this year, coinciding with Inauguration Day. Because MLK Day is a federal holiday, all federal offices will be closed. That means the state's ...

Martin Luther King Jr ... first made the day a federal holiday in 1983, but the first observances didn't take place until three years later in 1986. Former President Jimmy Carter tried to do ...